The Federal Republic of Esga is a huge, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, otherworldly petting zoo, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 718 million Esgans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Industry are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Esgara. The average income tax rate is 20.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Esgan economy, worth 55.9 trillion Kucars a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 77,831 Kucars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The government has cut its subsidies for all special interest groups, charity fundraisers often resemble minstrel shows, lawyers spend as much time preparing their make-up as they do their briefs, and military equipment stores have a tendency to go up in flames. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Esga's national animal is the Menale, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Esga is ranked 96,055^th in the world and 18^th in Mappy nerds for Most Developed, scoring 62.73 on the Human Development Index.